Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Those close to me have already seen one of the few copies I have, but in case you haven't heard, First Second Books has put together a spectacular collection of comics created by 50 cartoonists called Nursery Rhyme Comics. Due to land in book stores on October 11th!

Edited by the one and only Chris Duffy (of Nickelodeon Magazine and most recently, SpongeBob Comics fame), the book features 50 timeless nursery rhymes! That adorable cover art you see above: by Vera Brogsol; book design: by Colleen AF Venable. We owe a great deal of thanks to Calista Brill and Gina Gagliano from First Second, as well.

So, who's in it? Well, I am! In addition to what is a truly astounding line-up of cartoonists:

We were all given a nursery rhyme. I got "Little Boy Blue" —the first panel of which you can see below.

In review, this book should be arriving at your local bookstore any week now. Nursery Rhyme Comics is of course available online (for pre-order, even, right now!). It's the kind of book that will be sure to please the littlest of kids, and the biggest of comics fans. (I know my niece likes it!)

Boston folk: I'm scheduled at some point in October to make an appearance at the Boston Public Library to help promote the book. More to come on that!

Friday, September 16, 2011

I drew this in Flash last night and splashed some color on it. I'm not sure what he's eating. I was thinking of it as a sugary mush from a fruit or a hive—not as sticky and thick as honey...but kind of like honey.

By the way, I have a Tumblr now: http://bobjinx.tumblr.comIt basically mirrors this blog (I may do something different with it at some point). I do like that it posts images big.